F1 tyre supplier Pirelli have completed their investigation into the reason of the tyre failure that caused a DNF for Sebastian Vettel at the most recent Austrian Grand Prix. The blown tyre forced the German to retire from the race while leading it.
Literally most expected penalty of all times.subasurf wrote:Called it!turbof1 wrote:Grid penalty for Rosberg due gearbox change. The element that snapped experienced unusual loading according to Mercedes.
That was my third thought after "ooops silly boy" and "damn baguette kerbs".SameSame wrote:High cyclical stress and resonance frequency caused it to buckle probably. I think the resonance frequency could have played the biggest role though.3jawchuck wrote:That element's vibration was increasing a little bit just prior to the buckle. There didn't appear to be any excessive load at that time, although obviously we don't know what the actual load was there. Could it be an older element close to its life limit or some manufacturing fault?GPR-A wrote:Oh.... Nico had a bad spin and a major damage to car !!!
Looks like rear left suspension failure....
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Whatever, we'll know eventually.
Kvyat crashed out running over the curbs, he's ok, but the car isn'tSunsAnvil wrote:Torro Rosso's car just dismantled itself. What did I miss?
looks like they accidentally invented a way to force them to stay with in the track limitsSunsAnvil wrote:Torro Rosso's car just dismantled itself. What did I miss?
